After a weeklong standoff, Chicago Public Schools resumed in-person learning after a proposal was approved by the Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates. The Chicago Teachers Union tweeted Monday night, "The Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates has voted tonight to suspend the Union's remote work action while rank-and-file membership... Read More »
New York Real Estate Scion and convicted killer, Robert Durst, has passed away at age 78 while under the custody of California’s Department of Corrections. Durst’s death was announced by his lawyer Chip Lewis who shared, "We understand that his death was due to natural causes associated with the litany... Read More »
Last week, Louisiana’s Gov. John Bel Edwards granted a posthumous pardon to Homer Plessy in what has been described as an effort to correct a historic injustice, 130 years overdue. Plessy was the man behind the landmark Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1896, the Supreme Court decided in... Read More »
The family of a Texas teen who was brutally attacked by his classmates is suing those classmates and their parents in a $50 million lawsuit. Sixteen-year-old football star Cole Hagan was brutally attacked at a house party in Lake Jackson, Texas, during the late evening hours of December 3rd last... Read More »
In a lawsuit filed against a small southeastern Virginia town, Attorney General Mark Herring alleges that the police department of Windsor, VA operated in a manner that led to the discriminatory treatment of African Americans. The lawsuit stems from a December 2020 traffic stop which involved Windsor police officers and... Read More »
Medical groups including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have brought forward a lawsuit against several government agencies over the implementation of the No Surprise Billing Act. The lawsuit was filed in the federal district court... Read More »
CVS is at the center of a misleading advertisement lawsuit. The class-action suit was filed by plaintiff Toni Larusso and accuses CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy of misleading consumers by labeling its CVS brand cough medicine as “non-drowsy” despite Larusso’s claims that the cough medicine includes active ingredients which... Read More »
A Muslim woman has filed a federal lawsuit against a gun range in Kansas City, Mo. after alleging that the gun range refused her service because she was wearing a hijab, a religious head covering worn by Muslim women. The lawsuit details that since at least 2016 the Frontier Justice... Read More »
An ex-employee of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. is suing the company because he says he was fired from his job after he unknowingly reported to work while he was sick. The lawsuit which was filed in the Southern District of Florida claims that Teva Pharmaceuticals discriminated and retaliated against the... Read More »
A lawsuit which was brought against warehouse retail giant, Costco, has been dismissed by a federal judge in California. The lawsuit was brought forward by Plaintiff Ankush Puri. Puri alleged that Costco falsely advertised their Kirkland brand chocolate almond-dipped vanilla ice cream bars because the chocolate used in the ice... Read More »
A former executive at Novant Health has been awarded $10 million after claiming he was fired from his top-level position because of the company’s diversity initiative. David Duvall was the former senior vice president of marketing and communication at Novant Health, a medical network company, when he filed his lawsuit... Read More »
Walmart has again found itself at the center of environmental violation complaints, this time brought on by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. The Golden State is accusing the retail giant of dumping more than one million hazardous and toxic waste materials throughout California landfills each year. The state is accusing... Read More »
The family of an Oakland man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alameda county police officers alleging that they were the cause of his death. Officers were called out to a park to check on 26-year-old Mario Gonzales on April 19. Gonzalez was described as acting strangely and was... Read More »
Colorado prosecutors are moving forward with efforts to have a trucker’s 110-year sentence reexamined. The move comes after growing national outrage at a punishment that many deem does not fit the crime. 26-year-old truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was found guilty in October on four counts of vehicular homicide and 23... Read More »
An Indiana Bank has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit that was brought forward by a fair housing organization in October. The settlement comes after a lawsuit was filed by the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana in October. As part of the settlement, the Evansville-based Old National Bank has... Read More »
